Archive for October, 2007

Hey Portal fans! Time to make your very own Weighted Companion Cube. There are a few type available, like the one above from Moony on /po/ and this one from Ted Fallenger on /po/. Ted even make a model for a regular Weighted Storage Cube, but it’s not nearly as cute and lovable.

The Enrichment Center reminds you that the weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak. In the event the Weighted Companion Cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice.

Portal is a small game included in The Orange Box by Valve. Three to five hours tops from start to finish, not counting all the achievements you can get with the Xbox 360 version. But it might be worth buying The Orange Box all by itself…

From the perspective of one who has never read a single sentence in a Harry Potter book, or watched any Harry Potter movies, my official response is… so what. Apparently his sexuality was never discussed in the novels. Isn’t that how society is supposed to behave?? If homosexuals, or minority groups for that matter, have once common mantra, it’s that all they want is to not be singled out, but rather to be treated for who they are as a person, not by their sexuality or the color of their skin or whatever.

But then we are constantly barraged by stereotypes in our society. Some are just plain wrong, like how you can get AIDS by kissing a homosexual. Some lead to more division and separation in an attempt to be equal, like the Miss Black America Pageant. So here we finally have a character that lasted through all the Harry Potter novels and was not once pigeon-holed into one stereotypical category. Isn’t that how the world is supposed to be? I haven’t seen one comment or story about this revelation mention that this is how things should be. Which is sad.

I don’t read as much as I used to, although I buy just as many books as I used to, resulting in an ever-increasing pile of books “to be read.” I think I’m going to give this club a try. It might get me back into reading more. The first book chosen for the club to read and discuss is The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.

Like this:

Looks like Star Wars really is coming to your TV screen, and I don’t mean by videogame. The long-rumored live action TV show appears to officially be happening, according to George Lucas. It’s being produced by Rick McCallum, who did the excellent The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles series. Could be good….